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Insects in a changing environment / Harrington, R. & Stork, N.E.

By: Harrington, RContributor(s): STORK, N. EMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London: no. 17.Publisher: London : Academic Press, 1995Description: xviii, 535 pages ills. 21 cmsISBN: 0123264308; 9780123264305Subject(s): Insects -- Effect of habitat modification on | Insects -- Effect of pollution on | Insects -- Ecology | Land use -- Environmental aspects | Insects -- Ecology | Insects -- Effect of pollution on | Land use -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 595.706 LOC classification: QL463 | .I67 1995
Contents:
1. The Response of Insects to Environmental Change / J.H. Lawton -- 2. The Effects of Quaternary Climatic Changes in Insect Populations: Lessons from the Past / G.R. Coope -- 3. The Hadley Centre Transient Climate Experiment / D.A. Bennetts -- 4. Predicting Insect Distributions in a Changed Climate / R.W. Sutherst, G.F. Maywald and D.B. Skarrat -- 5. The Effects of Climate Change on the Agricultural Environment for Crop Insect Pests with Particular Reference to the European Corn Borer and Grain Maize / J. Porter -- 6. Aphids in a Changing Climate / R. Harrington, J.S. Bale and G.M. Tatchell -- 7. The Effects of Climatic and Land-use Changes on the Insect Vectors of Human Disease / J. Lines -- 8. Remote Sensing and the Changing Distribution of Tsetse Flies in Africa / D.J. Rogers -- 9. The Impact of Elevated Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] on Insect Herbivores / A.D. Watt, J.B. Whittaker, M. Docherty, G. Brooks, E. Lindsay and D.T. Salt.
10. Insect Herbivores and Gaseous Air Pollutants -- Current Knowledge and Predictions / V.C. Brown -- 11. Deficiency and Excess of Essential and Non-essential Metals in Terrestrial Insects / S.P. Hopkin -- 12. Chironomidae as Indicators of Water Quality -- With a Comparison of the Chironomid Faunas of a Series of Contrasting Cumbrian Tarns / L.C.V. Pinder and D.J. Morley -- 13. Southern Hemisphere Insects: Their Variety and the Environmental Pressures upon Them / M. Samways -- 14. Species Extinctions in Insects: Ecological and Biogeographical Considerations / N.A. Mawdsley and N.E. Stork -- 15. A World of Change: Land-use Patterns and Arthropod Communities / M.B. Usher -- 16. Insects as Indicators of Land-use Change: A European Perspective, Focusing on Moths and Ground Beetles / M.L. Luff and I.P. Woiwod -- 17. The Response of Chironomidae (Diptera) Faunas to Climate Change / S.J. Brooks.
18. Global Warming, Population Dynamics and Community Structure in a Model Insect Assemblage / A.J. Davis, L.S. Jenkinson, J.H. Lawton, B. Shorrocks and S. Wood -- 19. Gaseous Air Pollutants -- Can We Identify Critical Loads for Insects? / G.R. Port, K. Barrett, E. Okello and A. Davison -- 20. Effects of Changing Land Use on Eucalypt Dieback in Australia in Relation to Insect Phytophagy and Tree Re-establishment / R.A. Farrow and R.B. Floyd -- 21. Modelling the Population of Hydrotaea irritans Using a Cohort-based System / J.D. Austin and J.E. Hillerton -- 22. Effects of Ivermectin Residues in Cattle Dung on Dung Insect Communities Under Extensive Farming Conditions in South Africa / C.H. Scholtz and K. Kruger -- 23. Monitoring the Response of Tropical Insects to Change in the Environment: Troubles with Termites / P. Eggleton and D.E. Bignell.
24. Potential Use of Suction Trap Collections of Aphids as Indicators of Plant Biodiversity / S.E. Halbert, M.D. Jennings, C.B. Cogan, S.S. Quisenberry and J.B. Johnson -- 25. Shifts in the Flight Periods of British Aphids: a Response to Climate Warming? / R.A. Fleming and G.M. Tatchell -- 26. Potential Changes in Spatial Distribution of Outbreaks of Forest Defoliators Under Climate Change / D.W. Williams and A.M. Liebhold.
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Proceedings of the 17th symposium of the Royal Entomological Society, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Response of Insects to Environmental Change / J.H. Lawton -- 2. The Effects of Quaternary Climatic Changes in Insect Populations: Lessons from the Past / G.R. Coope -- 3. The Hadley Centre Transient Climate Experiment / D.A. Bennetts -- 4. Predicting Insect Distributions in a Changed Climate / R.W. Sutherst, G.F. Maywald and D.B. Skarrat -- 5. The Effects of Climate Change on the Agricultural Environment for Crop Insect Pests with Particular Reference to the European Corn Borer and Grain Maize / J. Porter -- 6. Aphids in a Changing Climate / R. Harrington, J.S. Bale and G.M. Tatchell -- 7. The Effects of Climatic and Land-use Changes on the Insect Vectors of Human Disease / J. Lines -- 8. Remote Sensing and the Changing Distribution of Tsetse Flies in Africa / D.J. Rogers -- 9. The Impact of Elevated Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] on Insect Herbivores / A.D. Watt, J.B. Whittaker, M. Docherty, G. Brooks, E. Lindsay and D.T. Salt.

10. Insect Herbivores and Gaseous Air Pollutants -- Current Knowledge and Predictions / V.C. Brown -- 11. Deficiency and Excess of Essential and Non-essential Metals in Terrestrial Insects / S.P. Hopkin -- 12. Chironomidae as Indicators of Water Quality -- With a Comparison of the Chironomid Faunas of a Series of Contrasting Cumbrian Tarns / L.C.V. Pinder and D.J. Morley -- 13. Southern Hemisphere Insects: Their Variety and the Environmental Pressures upon Them / M. Samways -- 14. Species Extinctions in Insects: Ecological and Biogeographical Considerations / N.A. Mawdsley and N.E. Stork -- 15. A World of Change: Land-use Patterns and Arthropod Communities / M.B. Usher -- 16. Insects as Indicators of Land-use Change: A European Perspective, Focusing on Moths and Ground Beetles / M.L. Luff and I.P. Woiwod -- 17. The Response of Chironomidae (Diptera) Faunas to Climate Change / S.J. Brooks.

18. Global Warming, Population Dynamics and Community Structure in a Model Insect Assemblage / A.J. Davis, L.S. Jenkinson, J.H. Lawton, B. Shorrocks and S. Wood -- 19. Gaseous Air Pollutants -- Can We Identify Critical Loads for Insects? / G.R. Port, K. Barrett, E. Okello and A. Davison -- 20. Effects of Changing Land Use on Eucalypt Dieback in Australia in Relation to Insect Phytophagy and Tree Re-establishment / R.A. Farrow and R.B. Floyd -- 21. Modelling the Population of Hydrotaea irritans Using a Cohort-based System / J.D. Austin and J.E. Hillerton -- 22. Effects of Ivermectin Residues in Cattle Dung on Dung Insect Communities Under Extensive Farming Conditions in South Africa / C.H. Scholtz and K. Kruger -- 23. Monitoring the Response of Tropical Insects to Change in the Environment: Troubles with Termites / P. Eggleton and D.E. Bignell.

24. Potential Use of Suction Trap Collections of Aphids as Indicators of Plant Biodiversity / S.E. Halbert, M.D. Jennings, C.B. Cogan, S.S. Quisenberry and J.B. Johnson -- 25. Shifts in the Flight Periods of British Aphids: a Response to Climate Warming? / R.A. Fleming and G.M. Tatchell -- 26. Potential Changes in Spatial Distribution of Outbreaks of Forest Defoliators Under Climate Change / D.W. Williams and A.M. Liebhold.

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